This video of King Cobra, the world’s longest venomous snake, spotted in India’s Himachal Pradesh has gone viral for good measure. The state’s forest department officials for the first time spotted this species of snake in the Sirmaur district, and it is one of the
On the occasion of World Oceans Day, National Geographic recognized a whole new ocean. The magazine has officially acknowledged the Southern Ocean, the body of water surrounding Antarctica, as the fifth ocean. It has defined the Southern Ocean as the body of water extending north
Global waste solution company Brightmark announced that it will soon establish the world’s largest advanced plastic recycling and renewal facility in Macon. The facility is built with an investment of $680 million that will recycle all the plastic waste that has reached the end cycle
The oceans play a key role to solve three significant global issues – protecting biodiversity, sustainable economy and regulating the climate. The oceans today regulate climate change, absorb a fraction of carbon dioxide and host biodiversity, providing food for many. But these activities are threatened
Chemical released as satellite debris burnt in the atmosphere could catastrophically damage the earth’s protective Ozone Layer. Scientists have warned that if plans to build megaconstellations of tens of thousands of satellites – such as SpaceX’s Starlink – move forward as foreseen, the air pollution
Climate change has become an impending problem for the planet to deal with, and it is making the Indian monsoon erratic and dangerous, a study has revealed. The data driven finding said that over the past million years, the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide has
India drops two ranks to 117 on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted as 2030 agenda by 193 United Nations member states in 2015, after failing to abolish certain social and ecological challenges, a report has stated. The country is still tackling the challenges of
World Wildlife Conservation has warned that many iconic species are at risk of extinction if the planet warms up over 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Coral bleaching, penguins losing their Antarctica ice caps and the extinction of the black-headed squirrel monkey of the Amazon are predicted
Coral reefs are known to be habitats for many marine animals, so it has become extremely important to preserve them. The threat of climate change and global warming has pushed the population of the world’s coral reefs on the edge. Scientists have been looking at
A cargo ship carrying tons of chemicals sinks off the west coast of Sri Lanka after being ablaze for two weeks – polluting the fishing waters. The vessel has fouled the coastline with tons of plastic pellets and now the oil spill and seeping chemicals